Blazers lock up Brandon Roy for 80 mil?

The Portland Trail Blazers have reached an agreement on a five-year contract extension with guard Brandon Roy, a league source told ESPN.com.The contract will be for the maximum allowed under league rules.

Specific numbers won't be available until the NBA salary cap is set next July. This year a starting max contract would be worth $82 million over the course of five years. However, next year the cap is expected to go down between 5 and 10 percent. That means the value of Roy's contract will go down, too.

brandon roy is a great player, but $16 mil a year is a lot of money. for a max guy, just not a very good value... these contracts were common in the early 2000's (and disastrous capspace killers), but nowadays I dunno if anyone deserves max money except LBJ.. how can you justify spending 30% of your payroll on 1 very good (but not exceptionally great) SG? hell, even Ben Gordon is a better value at $11 mil a year (which is also about 3 mil too much in this economy)... the whole NBA economic landscape will be so much different in a couple years, i'd hate to be strapped with these huge contracts going forward. just watch, 2 years from now guys will be making much less.

but even with the cap as is, 30% of your payroll on a borderline all-star SG, no thanks!

LBJ, Kobe, & maybe Wade are the only Max player's in the league IMO. If you pay 30% of the cap to one player then he better be the type of player that can win with 1-good player and 3 role players a-la Michael Jordan.

LBJ, Kobe, & maybe Wade are the only Max player's in the league IMO. If you pay 30% of the cap to one player then he better be the type of player that can win with 1-good player and 3 role players a-la Michael Jordan.